21.   In March, a similar scandal forced Kiyomi Tsujimoto of the opposition Social Democratic Party to resign from Parliament.

22.   IOC director general Francois Carrard told Swiss TV Friday the scandal will force scrutiny of the IOC voting procedures.

23.   Scandals surrounding Montesinos forced Fujimori into exile in Japan after he lost power a year ago.

24.   The bribery scandal forced Fujimori to cut his term short and call new elections in which he said he would not participate.

25.   That scandal forced the resignation of Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and NEC chairman Tadahiro Sekimoto.

26.   The drug-money scandal forced Samper to cancel all but one trip outside South America this year.

27.   The case has received extensive media coverage, and the scandal has forced many Haitian immigrants to a new awareness of racism and their own vulnerability.

28.   The food scandal has forced the resignations of two Cabinet ministers.

29.   The ensuing scandal forced Fujimori to announce he would step down in July after new elections.

30.   The ensuing scandal forced him to seek a foreign transfer to PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands.